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Jan. 8th, 2010 04: 06 pm (UTC) "The emotions rise from the subtext and take center-stage in rousing number after number until my ability to respond to rousing music kind of numbed out ..."
Ragtime deliasherman 2010
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The emotions rise from the subtext and take center-stage in rousing number after number until my ability to respond to rousing music kind of numbed out -- although that may have been because I found the music bland -- except for those based most directly on actual ragtime, which were much fresher than the over-wrought ballads and anthems of the rest.
Ragtime deliasherman 2010
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I knew what was up as soon as he got to center-stage.
Binky Philips: Bumping Into a Metal God at a Disco Binky Philips 2011
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Placed center-stage in Pagels's account, they offer an unsettling version of Christianity—one in which Jesus is the lover of Mary Magdalene and ideas such as the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection are treated as naïve fantasies.
Five Best: Religious Cults In Antiquity Mary Beard 2011
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I knew what was up as soon as he got to center-stage.
Binky Philips: Bumping Into a Metal God at a Disco Binky Philips 2011
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Ruth is now sitting in Max's center-stage chair and has become the new ruler of the household.
George Heymont: At A.C.T., The Family That Plays Together Doesn't Always Stay Together George Heymont 2011
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This is a center-stage performance of how embedded and complicated legalized bigotry has become in this country.
Dr. Cheryl Pappas: Don't Ask, Don't Live Dr. Cheryl Pappas 2010
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But not Bush, whose ambitious plans for the web should put him center-stage in LA's art scene by this time next month.
Mat Gleason: LA Art World Gossip, October 2010 Mat Gleason 2010
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Ruth is now sitting in Max's center-stage chair and has become the new ruler of the household.
George Heymont: At A.C.T., The Family That Plays Together Doesn't Always Stay Together George Heymont 2011
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Ten years ago I realized that the happiest moments of my life were tied to music and decided to make it center-stage in my life.
A Corporate Trailblazer Goes for Grammy Gold Lavina Melwani 2011
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